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Work with real patients

Get practical experience treating real patients in our Optometry Clinic at the QUT Health Clinics. Use complex instruments and equipment in a world-class training environment, and work under the supervision of experienced optometry professionals.

Many optometrists refer their patients to the clinic for specialist testing on advanced equipment that is only available at our campus.

Learn from the best

Learn from academics and guest lecturers with years of experience in private practice in optometry and other health disciplines like medicine and pharmacy.

Many of our staff are active researchers who have made technological advances in:

correction of defects of vision

diagnosis and assessment of ocular and vision problems

functional repair of vision impairment.

Staff have been acknowledged with international research awards recognising the quality and impact of their research.

Train in ocular therapeutics

Practising optometrists can study our Graduate Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics. Graduate eligible to apply for therapeutic endorsement with the Optometry Board of Australia. This course is the only one of its kind in Queensland, and is designed to help you meet the legislative requirements to use a range of S4 drugs to treat eye disease.